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NATURAL HABITATS GREEN WALLS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST PAGE 1 Contents Profile 2 Capability Statement 3 Green Walls 4 Benefits of Green Walls 5 Commercial Green Walls Britomart East Complex 6 Geyser Green Wall 8 Novotel Hotel 10 The Departement store 12 Goodman Offices 14 Puzzling World 16 Residential Green Walls Jeffares 18 Parnell Green Wall 20 St Marks 21 Retail Green Walls Kathleen Kilgour Centre 22 The Village Goldsmith 24 Icebreaker 26 Herne Bay Pharmacy 27 Ponsonby Ultrasound Thin Wall 28 Newshoots Green Blades 30 Civic Green Walls Balclutha Green Wall 32 Wellington City Square 34 Key Personnel 36
NATURAL HABITATS GREEN WALLS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST PAGE 2 NATURAL HABITATS GREEN WALLS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST PAGE 3 Natural Habitats Profile Over the last 35 years, Best Sustainable Project of opportunities. We have Natural Habitats has the year. earned the respect of iwi been renowned for the Across design, construction around our significant design, construction and and horticulture, the tally is projects by having an active maintenance of landscapes more awards than any other recruitment and training for many of our country’s landscaping company in the programme of Maori youth iconic projects. country. to be employed on these projects. The success of working Working from hubs in with New Zealand’s Auckland, the Waikato, We are also recognised leading building architects, Wellington as well as as being leaders in green engineers, landscape Christchurch and Central technology such as green architects, craftspeople and Otago, our nationwide walls and roofs. We designed urban planners for grand team of more than 100 and built New Zealand’s first results, and the trust we have staff includes experienced substantial green roof back won with our clients, has landscape architects and in 1995, and have gone onto been the foundation which designers, horticulturists, design and build the largest, has enabled us to build the gardeners, arborists, as well as intimate, green leading integrated landscape landscapers and walls in commercial and company in the South Pacific. environmentalists. residential spaces. We have even designed and built the At the heart of our company Together we have a great southern-most green wall in is the landscape design team pride in the quality of our the world for the Balclutha acknowledged for its award work from initial design District Council! winning landscapes including input, to build right through stand-out bespoke design to landscape maintenance Please browse through our features. Over the past three to ensure our landscapes profile to see some of our decades our peers have achieve their full potential as projects that we have been Capability Statement bestowed more awards on intended by our clients and proud to be involved with. us than any other landscape designers. To find out more about us, Natural Habitats is projects throughout New Testimonial company in New Zealand feel free to visit our website. considered to be at the Zealand that have stood the ““Good design is obvious. including the 2018 Registered That focus on quality work We look forward to creating forefront of environmental test of time. Great design is transparent.” Master Landscapers awards comes from developing grand gardens for you. innovation, especially in the Joe Sparano where our residential and our staff to reach their field of green technology. Our innovations include: commercial projects were full potential by actively We strive to make our Green Walls, Green Blades, bestowed with 14 awards – providing training and country greener through Green Screens and Green including a premier award for employment growth ecological and intelligent Roofs featuring our design. ‘EcoPillow’ technology. After installing one of New Zealand is waking up Auckland’s first large Green to the advantages of a living Roofs back in 1994, we went skin on buildings and Natural on to design and install this Habitats’ green technology country’s first Green Wall. is at the leading edge of We have since been contemporary landscape involved in the design and design and environmental construction of numerous solutions. successful green technology
NATURAL HABITATS GREEN WALLS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST PAGE 4 NATURAL HABITATS GREEN WALLS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST PAGE 5 Green Walls Benefits of Green Walls Green Walls are an innovative Our Green Walls are The panels are made from • Enhanced employee • Used as a vertical wetland Testimonials way of greening a vertical a unique lightweight, Marine grade aluminium productivity (up to 12% to polish grey and/or surface, they increase visual automated system. Each and are manufactured to increase) black water “The Green Wall has been amenity, have proven to have panel is fully irrigated and last. Our Green Walls have the single most outstanding considerable health benefits, fertigiated allowing for easy been certified by Auckland • Results in higher tenant • Noise dampening feature of our new work contribute towards your maintenance and flexible Council. Architects, engineers demand and retention • Carbon capture environment. It causes people green star rating and increase sizing. and developers trust them in • Increases building value to stop and take time out to • Enhanced public the overall value of your multistorey environments. look at the detail of it, which development. They make a As our Green Walls have • Green star rating points perception of the is extremely important in an bold visual statement, which no soil, it should not to be • Savings on energy due company (green otherwise rushed corporate will assist you in branding confused with a vine growing to increased thermal branding) environment.” yourself as a leader in frame. Having no soil is the Office worker, innsulation • Healthier building and sustainability. principle reason that it is Britomart East Complex relatively lightweight. • Cleaner air by absorbing people carbon dioxide and • Space saving releasing oxygen, as well as removing toxic substances from air such as formaldehyde, benzenm and trichloreothylene commonly found in modern buildings.
NATURAL HABITATS GREEN WALLS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST PAGE 7 Green Walls - Commercial BRITOMART EAST COMPLEX Location: Britomart Auckland Client: Cooper and Company These eco-artworks are the improved air quality, Testimonials focal point of the atrium acoustics and thermal on Takutai in the Britomart “Silver in Garden performance precinct. The living walls line Management for ‘Britomart the east and west end walls • Green walls not only Greenwall’: and integrate seamlessly into improve the buildings “a very attractive piece of the building fabric. The 60 value, rent received and living art that brings life custom made panels are an to an interior commercial green star ratings, but ideal light weight solution space. It is noteworthy that to the question of how to they also give office this wall has performed well differentiate the complex’s occupants a sense of (and consistently) for several interior aesthetic. connection with the years).” natural environment Landscape distinction award, • Natural Habitats extensive 2014 expertise in building and maintaining green walls • We can develop green walls on a large scale - largest in NZ! • The positive benefits green walls offer:
NATURAL HABITATS GREEN WALLS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST PAGE 9 Green Walls - Commercial GEYSER GREEN WALL Location: Parnell, Auckland Architect: Patterson Associates LTD Natural Habitats designed • Natural Habitats are of installation with no and installed this south NZ leaders in Green structure design or facing Green Wall onto Technology winning construction required NZ’s first six-star green rated building. Twenty NZ Premier Awards for ‘Best native species were selected Commercial Landscape’ Testimonials accordingly, so ‘light loving’ and ‘Special Feature plants were positioned at the “Very original blend of Project’ at the 2014 top and ‘cool shade’ species horticultural innovation and Landscapes of Distinction aesthetics. This Green Wall at the bottom. In total there were 2086 plants used, many Awards represents progress in the which are not typically used • NZ native species can use of the indigenous plants in landscaping, including the within that technology. It thrive in Green Walls rare Jovellana sinclairii. integrates beautifully into • The automated system, the building and contributes Geyser also won Best in which uses harvested rain tangibly to the courtyard.” Category for 2013 NZ water, has no soil making Judges comments for the Property Award: Landscaping new zealand it lightweight and stable in Green Building. Landscapes of distinction the long term awards, 2014 • Natural Habitats modular structure enables ease
NATURAL HABITATS GREEN WALLS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST PAGE 11 Green Walls - Commercial NOVOTEL HOTEL Location: Airport , Auckland Client: Auckland Airport The Green Wall was intended orchid. This orchid grew on Testimonials to complement the Novotel’s a Totara, which was used to distinctive New Zealand make the hull of a sacred “It’s great, really like it.” theme and act as a focus for waka belonging to Tainui Project Manager, the bar area. The 60m2 of people. They named the Greenstone Group vertical vegetation provides canoe Te Winika, after the both visual interest and orchid. environmental benefits, creating a more comfortable • Green Walls can improve environment to work and indoor air quality by relax in. removing air pollutants In keeping with the hotel’s and improving humidity New Zealand theme, our levels from air- Green Wall features an array conditioning of native New Zealand flora. • How cultural sensitivities The Wall also has special significance to Tainui, who can be incorporated into were a partner in the hotel’s the Green Walls development. Nestled within the wall is Winika cunninghamii - an epiphytic
NATURAL HABITATS GREEN WALLS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST PAGE 13 Green Walls - Commercial THE DEPARTEMENT STORE Location: Takapuna, Auckland Client: Stephen Marr The centre piece of the • New Zealand’s first two Testimonials Stephen Marr salon on the top sided interior Green Wall floor of the Department is 10 Number One Retail Concept installed in 2009 metres long by 2 metres high Store in the world for The and boasts well over 2000 Department Store individual plants. Monocle Magazine Global The lush wall divides the Retail and Service, April 2010 upper level, promoting unique spaces that can be used for “Since the inception of the presentations such as fashion wall in 2009 we have seen a shows. The building has had consistently high standard skylights installed to ensure the of performance from Natural wall is given as much natural Habitats in terms of quality, light as possible, and the use and maintenance. The wall of supplementary man-made continuously receives both lighting is kept at a minimum. praise and attention.” Stephen Marr The investment into this original and breathtaking piece of artwork, aside from supporting Marr’s ‘green’ stance, is a powerful branding exercise.
NATURAL HABITATS GREEN WALLS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST PAGE 15 Green Walls - Commercial GOODMANN OFFICES Location: Queen St , Auckland Architect: Jasmax Interiors The Goodman NZ office, on • The lushness and fresh Testimonials the main street in Auckland, feeling, green walls can boasts four floor-to-ceiling “The Green Walls create a bring to an office 28 Green Walls, including a lovely environment to work in two-storied wall in the stories up and are often complimented foyer. Opaque glass panels • Green walls become a by visitors.” silhouette the Green Walls centre piece of the room Ruth Westlake, so occupants in the project Goodman Office Manager spaces behind can also • Green walls can still enjoy the green ambience. flourish in low light The Green Walls create buildings, through careful an oxygenated office plant selection environment.
NATURAL HABITATS GREEN WALLS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST PAGE 17 Green Walls - Commercial PUZZLING WORLD Location: Wanaka Architect: Jasmax Interiors Puzzling World has been • Our ability to translate an Testimonials entertaining visitors for over architects concept into a 40 years, and is set amongst “Our intention from the green wall centre piece 7 acres of rolling lawns, trees outset was to create a lush, and gardens at the entrance • How portable our green garden environment and to Wanaka. wall modular system is incorporate natural light in an awe-inspiring setting. Our • Natural Habitats Natural Habitats brief from Green Wall certainly meets Sarah Scott Architects, was have developed this brief.” to construct a curved Green a comprehensive Duncan Spear, Marketing/ Wall backdrop for Puzzling maintenance manual Operations Manager, World’s ‘Impossible Tap to support green wall Puzzling World Sculpture’. The modular selfcare for remote Green Walls were assembled in Auckland and trucked via a locations palletised system to Wanaka, where Natural Habitat’s staff met the truck and installed the walls.
NATURAL HABITATS GREEN WALLS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST PAGE 19 Green Walls - Residential JEFFARES Location: Freemans Bay, Auckland Client: Peter and Nicola Jeffares Our clients have recently • How it can add to the Testimonials downsized to apartment living visual amenity of a and wanted an outdoor space “The feeling you get when where they could entertain confined space whilst you first walk into the space their guests whilst unwind over enhancing magnificent is ‘WOW’. then you realise the amazing views of Auckland views where you are and what city and harbour. Using this as you are looking at. The idea a tool, we looked to capture • Acting as a buffer to block behind the garden is to not the space through bold and out negative views take away from the amazing minimalist design notions that views of Auckland City and created a sense of drama and Harbour but to enhance and accentuated views. dramatise it” Jasone O’Toole Senior The green wall not only acts as designer, Natural Habitats a visual amenity to our clients roof top balcony but aids in “If you sit here (in the blocking out the negative apartment’s kitchen) and views of Auckland city by look out that way, it’s like buffering the foreground you’re in the forest.” views of rooftops to frame the Peter Jeffares magnificent harbour in the distance, essentially creating a green horizon.
NATURAL HABITATS GREEN WALLS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST PAGE 20 NATURAL HABITATS GREEN WALLS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST PAGE 21 Green Walls - Residential Green Walls - Residential RESIDENTIAL GREEN WALL ST MARKS Green walls earn St Marks’ development NZ’s first Homestar Innovation Point Location: Parnell, Auckland Location: New Market, Auckland Client: CPRW Fisher Ltd Client: John Harman A Green Wall installed • Effectiveness of Green by Natural Habitats on a Walls as a residential art Soaring five storey green walls Being installed on inner walls Testimonials limestone brick Parnell have earned St Mark’s luxury of the development, the vision piece residence features many apartments New Zealand’s first of property developer John “Apart from visual benefits for plants from the Hauraki • Success with growing Homestar Innovation Point Harman was for a central the development’s residents, Gulf Islands, including a offsite, then installing from the New Zealand Green communal green area to offer visitors and neighbours, the rare Pimelia which grows on Building Council. a relaxed space for social green walls also will have limestone rocks. connection and provide a high ecological benefits.” The series of three green walls quality landscaped ecological Mel Robinson will also make up the tallest and visual amenity Landscape architect, Natural and one of the largest green Habitats. walls in the country at more than 330 square metres. “The green walls provide With more than 5000 a wonderful visual appeal predominately native plants, for residents of the rear the walls’ design pattern apartment,” says Mr. Harman. features organic swathes of “Rather than looking at glass largely native plants with and concrete, they will be explosions of seasonal colour enjoying an ever changing change. landscape of exciting colour and structure.” Mr. Harman,XXX
NATURAL HABITATS GREEN WALLS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST PAGE 23 Green Walls - Retail KATHLEEN KILGOUR Location: Tauranga, Bay of Plenty Client: Kathleen Kilgour Centre The Kathleen Kilgour Centre is comfortable as possible. Testimonials a private hospital in Tauranga Created and maintained by Hospital grounds and is a Natural Habitats, the Green “It is state of the art and world class radiation treatment Wall is an iconic backdrop functional, but the centre also facility for both public and to the reception area, which creates a positive environment privately-funded cancer patients actually walk through for patients, and there is a patients in the Bay of Plenty. to their consultation rooms. real focus on sustainability with climate control, rainwater Mark Fraundorfer, the Centre’s Linking all three levels is a glass harvesting and the Green Wall,” managing director and project atrium that contains the living Mark Read, head, said that the building wall of plants - 70m² in size. Senior Designer at is a real statement. One of Dr It is fed by six irrigation zones Fraundorfer’s favourite features and is highlighted by mega- is the fourteen metre high lighting, which is important for living Green Wall in the atrium the growth of this interior wall. which changes its appearance The 3780 plants that make hroughout the year and the up the Green Wall are a mix plants contribute to the quality of natives and exotic species of the air within the centre. to create a soothing, natural It is seen as an integral part effect in the translucent of the treatment by making panelled building. the patient experience as
NATURAL HABITATS GREEN WALLS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST PAGE 25 Green Walls - Retail THE VILLAGE GOLDSMITH Location: Downtown, Wellington Client: Ian Douglas / The Village Goldsmith Ever since Village Goldsmith • How effective a Green Testimonials founder Ian Douglas saw Wall can be at bringing his first green wall in Hong “The response has been customers through Kong, he knew he wanted to fantastic – it literally stops incorporate one in the refit of the door in a retail people in their tracks. We’ve his business premises. After environment - it gets had people deviate from their seeing our Green Wall in Civic people talking! journeys on the other side Square Wellington he got in of the road, just to come in • How to add a unique touch, convinced that Natural and look at it. Almost without Habitats had the experience edge to your business, exception, people comment to achieve what he wanted. and create a healthy on how much they love it, and inviting space for and it’s one of their favourite Natural Habitats’ green wall customers and staff aspects of our new fit-out. experts took colour cues from In terms of advertising, it’s the shop fittings, using plants • The bespoke approach better than a flashing neon to accentuate the store’s Natural Habitats takes sign!” gold and copper elements. with each green wall Ian Douglas, Adjacent is an oversized recreated Founder, The Village Goldsmith mirror in a copper frame which doubles the impact of the green wall. The effect is simply breathaking.
NATURAL HABITATS GREEN WALLS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST PAGE 26 NATURAL HABITATS GREEN WALLS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST PAGE 27 Green Walls - Retail Green Walls - Retail ICEBREAKER’S FIRST GREEN WALL HERNE BAY PHARMACY Location:Riccarton, Christchurch Location: Herne Bay, Auckland Client: Icebreaker Client: Geraldine Pillips Using our new “thin wall” The benefits of the ‘thin wall’ Testimonials It’s amazing the effect that Testimonials system for installing green system is the slim profile of a green wall has had in walls, Icebreaker’s Riccarton the support frame, its ease “The wall is incredible! It’s the Herne Bay Pharmacy. “You can feel that the air store now has a 1.2 wide floor of install, lower cost, and it’s what Icebreaker and NZ is Measuring just 3m long feels cooler and nicer,” says to ceiling green wall that is also very flexible in size and all about, being active in by one metre high and Geraldine. “It’s growing like attracting a lot of attention shape. nature. Simply put, it’s a containing a range of indoor mad and it’s great to have with passers-by. showstopper.” plants, customers just love it something green to look at The green wall has had Lee Burnham, store manager and it makes them feel more rather than just a wall. We’ve The wall features mainly NZ such a positive impact with relaxed and tranquil. put a sign outside to come native plants particularly fern customers that Icebreaker in and see our green wall. varieties and ground covering is planning to install more At first our customers didn’t type plants. in other NZ and Australian think it was real, and now In keeping with the stores. they come in especially to Icebreaker outdoor clothing look at it!” style, the wall looks like a bit Geraldine Phillips, of a green bank or rock face Pharmacy’s owner like you might find in the NZ bush.
NATURAL HABITATS GREEN WALLS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST PAGE 29 Green Walls - Medical Centres PONSONBY ULTRASOUND THIN WALL Location: Ponsonby, Auckland Client: Horizon Radiology Group Ponsonby Ultrasound on • Innovative technology Testimonials Ponsonby Rd is the first in with Natural Habitat’s new Auckland to use our new thin “The feedback has been thin profile green wall green wall system. The wall enormous, people just love it, was installed very quickly and system which I knew they would!” was planted onsite by Natural • Responsive solutions to Mary Gordon, Habitats’ Green Wall experts individual client needs Manager Director, Horizon using a mix of exotic species Radiology Group to create colour, texture and year round appeal. It fills the space beautifully and is flourishing after being installed in its new home. What’s more, the owner and clients love it.
NATURAL HABITATS GREEN WALLS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST PAGE 31 Green Walls - Childcare NEWSHOOTS GREEN BLADES Location: Albany, Auckland Client: Newshoots Natural Habitats brief was to • A cost effective create an inviting entrance alternative to a complete to a new childcare centre. wall cladding We created two 3-D free standing green pillars.
NATURAL HABITATS GREEN WALLS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST PAGE 33 Green Walls - Civic BALCLUTHA GREEN WALL Location: Balclutha, Otago Client: Clutha District Council In just two days, a bare • Natural Habitats’ ability Testimonials concrete wall in Balclutha’s to adapt to unique newly developed civic square “Our green wall adds real environmental conditions. was transformed into a living character and vibrancy to an teaching tool, much to the We believe this to be the important communal space delight of South Otago High southernmost green wall and the feedback from our School teacher Christine in the world residents has been positive. Elder. The 29m green wall, The green wall is a key design • Horticultural knowledge, planted with a diverse feature in Balclutha’s new- range of native species, is site and culturally look main street.” now a valuable part of the appropriate planting Clutha District Council technology cirriculum for • The value that Green Year 7 and 8 students. Walls can bring to a It is also an attractive community; not only backdrop for historical aesthetically but also as a information about the Clutha teaching tool area, and creates a stunning space for locals and tourists to gather.
NATURAL HABITATS GREEN WALLS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST PAGE 35 Green Walls - Civic WELLINGTON CITY SQUARE Location: Civic Square, Wellington Client: Wellington City Council A new 24 square metre green The hanging green walls run Testimonials wall in Wellington’s Civic Square 4 metres under the bridge is the start of the Council’s crossing over the lane. Both “The wall strengthens the urban plan to green up the city’s one metre high, one side faces and nature links in our city. Civic downtown. Wellington’s Mayor, north. Square was chosen as the first Celia Ward-Brown says the wall For Trudy Whitlow, Manager location due to its high profile integrates the natural and built Urban Design and Heritage for and challenging conditions environments. Wellington City Council, the new to show that green walls can green walls are a continuation succeed.” Following on from the of her team’s plan to ”Green the Celia Ward-Brown, Wellington’s successful install of the Civic small nooks and cranny’s that Mayor Square green wall, the urban make Wellington city a great design team at Wellington City place to live”. Natural Habitats is “The design looks a bit like the Council has commissioned an integral part of this. bottom of a water fall, with two more for the historic grasses and falling plants to give downtown Hannah Factory a draping or flowing affect. The Lane connecting Eva and Leeds other side has low light plants Streets plus reinvigorating the and we’ve created a design that Masons laneway. is more of a natural NZ wet cliff face sort of collection of plants.” Sam Dixon, Natural Habitats
NATURAL HABITATS GREEN WALLS EXPRESSION OF INTEREST PAGE 36 NATURAL HABITATS RESORT EXPRESSION OF INTEREST Key Personnel OUR AWARDS Over the past three decades we have won more awards than any other landscape company in Graham Cleary Mark Read New Zealand and were thrilled to add 14 more at the Landscape of Owner & Founder Senior Designer As the business owner and As one of New Zealand’s founder, Graham Cleary most award-wining and keeps an oversight with each prolific residential landscape and every major project Natural Habitats undertakes, designers, Mark is especially talented in producing Distinction Awards in Hamilton, to ensure that the values and innovative, creative design objectives that the company has built upon are securely solutions with a strong environmental focus and a 2018. upheld. superb attention to detail. His experience extends Premier Awards across a wide range of landscape design projects BEST Sustainable Project of the Year - Blanchard, Muriwai including residential, commercial, public, open space, resorts, water features, Landscape Design streetscape, educational GOLD in Residential Projects - Scragg, Mt Eden landscapes, retirement villages and subdivision SILVER in Residential Projects - Blanchard, Muriwai developments. Examples of his work can be found in SILVER in Residential Projects - Waiheke Paradise a number of international SILVER in Residential Projects - Jeffares, Freemans Bay design publications. BRONZE in Commercial Projects - Rangiriri Paa Reinterpretation Landscape Construction GOLD in Residential Projects - Scragg, Mt Eden GOLD in Residential Projects - Blanchard, Muriwai SILVER in Residential Projects - Waiheke Paradise SILVER in Residential Projects - Jeffares, Freemans Bay SILVER in Commercial Projects - Rangiriri Paa Reinterpretation Landscape Horticulture SILVER in Residential Projects - Blanchard, Muriwai SILVER in Residential Projects - Waiheke Paradise Our vision is built with the Client, for the site, with the SILVER in Residential Projects - Jeffares, Freemans Bay experience necessary to deliver innovative solutions and project value. We listen to the Client, we design to the environment and we know deliverability.
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